The men of the State Security Service,\u00a0earlier today detained \u00a0the former Minister of the FCT, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, who was traveling to Dubai, at the Lagos Airport.<\/p>\n
His tweet, which was posted at 12.33pm this afternoon, read: \u201cThe SSS at the Lagos Airport tell me they have orders to detain me and prevent me from traveling\u2026 the waiting game starts\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
He later tweeted They only wasted my time for 10 minutes. i am on my way to my destination now” I wonder what the 10 minutes wast of time have benefited the SSS.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Faruk Lawan who was reportedly stopped at the MMA Abuja Tuesday, may have regained his freedom.<\/p>\n
Pointblanknews.com gathered that shortly after he was stopped from going to Saudi Arabia, he made several calls apparently to friends in high places.<\/p>\n
According to our source, Lawan was later allowed to board and leave for the lesser Hajj<\/p>\n
Last July, El_Rufai was \u00a0arrested by the State Security Services upon arrival from United Kingdom\u00a0 after he accompanied Major General Muhammad Buhari, the presidential candidate of the CPC, and Vice presidential candidate of CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakare, to make a formal presentation about the recently concluded elections at the Chattam House in London.<\/p>\n
E-Rufai yesterday\u00a0\u00a0described as untenable,\u00a0Chief Edwin \u00a0Clark\u2019s allegation that \u00a0some northern leaders are behind Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
The \u00a0former minister warned the elder statesman to desist from making inflammatory and unverified statements capable of exposing him to ridicule instead of applause that he deserves …<\/p>\n
at his age.El-Rufai also asked the former federal information commissioner to desist from insulting northern leaders at the slightest opportunity.
\nAccording to him, Jonathan has already made it clear to Nigerians and the international community that the gale of bombings in the land was beyond the capability of his administration to handle, a situation, he described as unfortunate.<\/p>\n
He stated that other Nigerian heads of state had at different times and periods been confronted with serious challenges and they deployed appropriate state apparatus to deal with them without resorting to wrong quarters and the ordinary citizens for help.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is it that only President Jonathan cannot solve Nigeria\u2019s security problem? el-Rufai asked.\u201cIf he cannot do the job for which he was elected to do, he should consider going home. No president has ever sought the help of the ordinary people in tackling security problems in this country.\u201che said<\/p>\n
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